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FCC approves SpaceX plan to deploy an additional 7,500 Starlink satellites
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FCC approves SpaceX plan to deploy an additional 7,500 Starlink satellites

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it has approved SpaceX’s request to deploy another 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites as it works to boost internet service worldwide. The FCC said Elon Musk’s SpaceX can now operate an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 15,000 satellites worldwide. […]

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Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Elon Musk’s Grok over sexualized images
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Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Elon Musk’s Grok over sexualized images

Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool. The move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualized content on […]

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Behind Anthropic’s stunning growth is a sibling team that may hold the key to generative AI
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Behind Anthropic’s stunning growth is a sibling team that may hold the key to generative AI

SAN FRANCISCO — Daniela Amodei has an energy that’s hard to place — warm, unhurried, immediately present. She swept into a sunlit room on the ground floor of Anthropic’s headquarters in December, sat down, and immediately apologized for her mug. “Is my, like, gigantic novelty mug going to be distracting if I have it?” she […]

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Are we in an AI bubble? What 40 tech leaders and analysts are saying, in one chart
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Are we in an AI bubble? What 40 tech leaders and analysts are saying, in one chart

Are we in an artificial intelligence bubble? It’s the debate that dominated the tech industry in 2025, and it’s not going away anytime soon. Record valuations and deals driven by major investments in artificial intelligence have fueled the AI boom, leaving some to brace for the potential burst. AI leaders like OpenAI and Nvidia have […]

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Grok and X should be suspended from Apple, Google app stores, Democratic senators say
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Grok and X should be suspended from Apple, Google app stores, Democratic senators say

Elon Musk looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Three Democratic senators are calling on Apple and Google to suspend the X and Grok apps […]

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Andreessen Horowitz raises  billion, as VC firm goes big in infrastructure, defense
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Andreessen Horowitz raises $15 billion, as VC firm goes big in infrastructure, defense

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Sept. 13, 2016. San Francisco Chronicle/hearst Newspapers Via Getty Images | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has raised $15 billion to bolster bets across an array of areas including infrastructure, health and what the it calls “American Dynamism,” […]

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Meta signs nuclear energy deals to power Prometheus AI supercluster
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Meta signs nuclear energy deals to power Prometheus AI supercluster

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, as he delivers a speech presenting the new line of smart glasses, during the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., Sept. 17, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters Meta on Friday announced agreements with three nuclear power providers, including one […]

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Musk, OpenAI lawyers trade barbs as lawsuit heads to trial
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Musk, OpenAI lawyers trade barbs as lawsuit heads to trial

Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will proceed to trial, further escalating his years-long feud with the company and its CEO, Sam Altman. “We appreciate the Court’s thorough and fair consideration and look forward to trial,” Musk’s lead counsel, Marc Toberoff, told CNBC’s David Faber Thursday in a statement following a hearing with U.S. District Judge […]

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Microsoft revealed as company behind controversial data center proposal in Michigan township
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Microsoft revealed as company behind controversial data center proposal in Michigan township

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Future Decoded Tech Summit in Bengaluru, India, on Feb. 25, 2020. Microsoft will open a new data-center region in Spain, expanding their strategic partnership with Telefonica SA, according the the statement by Telefonica. Samyukta Lakshmi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft has identified itself as the mystery company […]

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Tesla CEO Musk brushes off Nvidia self-driving competition as 5 or 6 years away
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Tesla CEO Musk brushes off Nvidia self-driving competition as 5 or 6 years away

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., left, and Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that it will take several years […]

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